These days, genealogy websites provide an easy way to uncover information about one’s ancestors. You can learn the names of ancestors, their dates of birth and death, who they married, and where they lived. Vital statistics are required to identify the appropriate people and records. Some of the information is the same found in a birth certificate copy, but further research may be required to obtain other vital details.

​There are an endless number of scenarios where a family or father might want a man listed on a birth certificate even if he isn’t biologically related to the child. Maybe you adopted or maybe you are raising a child from a teen relative—or maybe you remarried and you want to adopt a child (young or grown) after the fact. Either way, there are options available for putting a non-biological father on a birth certificate. Here’s how to get a new birth certificate with the right name on the document.